CITY OF PACIFICA
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Council Chambers
2212 Beach Blvd
Pacifica, CA 94044
Mayor Sue Beckmeyer
Vice Mayor Christine Boles
Councilmember Mary Bier
Councilmember Mayra Espinosa
Councilmember Greg Wright
City Council Regular Meeting 1 October 27, 2025
SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETING
October 27, 2025 (MONDAY)
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Mayor Sue Beckmeyer called the meeting to order on October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM 5:00 PM - CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Beckmeyer called the closed session to order at 5:00 p.m. 00a. PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8: CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS. Agency negotiator: Kevin Woodhouse, City Manager.
Property: A portion of 540 Crespi Drive, Pacifica, CA (APN 022-162-420). Property: A portion of 540 Crespi Drive, Pacifica, CA (APN 022-162-420). Negotiating parties: City of Pacifica and Breakwater Crespi, LLC. Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment. 6:00 PM OPEN SESSION
Call to Order
Mayor Beckmeyer reconvened the meeting at 6:14 p.m.
Attendee Name Title Status Arrived
Sue Beckmeyer Mayor Present
Christine Boles Vice Mayor Present
Mary Bier Councilmember Present
Mayra Espinosa Councilmember Present
Greg Wright Councilmember Present
City Clerk Coffey took a verbal roll call.
Staff Present: Maria Sarasua, Acting City Manager; Denise Bazzano, Asst. City Attorney; Melissa Tigbao, PW Director; Samantha Updegrave, Community Development Director; Marisol Gómez, Finance & Administrative Services Director; Scott Leslie, PB&R Director; Roland Yip, PW Dep. Director-Engineering; Vicente Romero, Police Captain; Ryan Bianculli, Police Sergeant; Brittany Hernandez, Program Manager; Sarah Coffey, City Clerk; Emily La, Dep. City Clerk.
Reading of Land Acknowledgment
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Mayor Beckmeyer read the Land Acknowledgment.
Salute to the Flag led by Councilmember Wright
Closed Session Report
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated there was no reportable action.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
A. Proclamation: Arbor Day 2025
Mayor Beckmeyer read the proclamation in honor of Arbor Day.
PB&R Director Leslie stated that the seventh annual Arbor Day event will take place on Saturday at Fairmont West Park Field. He described the beauty of this park and stated we will be planting 20 new trees, which will enhance the overall beauty of the space and benefits. He thanked PW team for all the great work they do to maintain and improve our parks.
Gail Benton-Shoemaker, member of Tree City Pacifica, stated they are grateful to Council for this beautiful proclamation and continued support of our urban forest, as well as PW and PB&R.
She shared their history and details for Arbor Day and stated volunteers could email [email protected].
Councilmembers Bier and Wright thanked Tree City Pacifica for their work.
Councilmember Espinosa was excited that they will be at Fairmont West and asked if those trees will have irrigation.
PB&R Dir. Leslie stated that they are park trees on city lots and they have an irrigation system.
Vice Mayor Boles thanked them for being here and all their work to bring more trees. She feels it is a great partnership every year between City staff, Tree City Pacifica, and our schools. She felt they give our youth hope and that they can do something about the problem of climate change.
Mayor Beckmeyer thanked Tree City Pacifica for their forward-thinking leadership.
There were no public comments.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Beckmeyer asked if anyone on Council wanted to pull an item from the consent agenda.
Councilmember Bier stated that she wanted the public to notice Item #4, Esplanade and Palmetto Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project, and Item #5. Sharp Park Pedestrian Improvement Project. She stated that it was an honor to be a part of their completion as they all came through OBAG which is the City and County Association of Government Funding and it was important to her to be there, read all of the applications, score them and bring Pacifica’s name and project to the table. She thanked PW and everyone who did a great job on those projects.
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There were no public comments.
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
SECONDER: Christine Boles, Vice Mayor
AYES: Beckmeyer, Boles, Bier, Espinosa, Wright
1. Approval of Minutes
PROPOSED ACTION: Move to approve the minutes for the October 6, 2025 Joint Study Session of the City Council and Planning Commission.
2. Continuation of Proclamation of a Local Emergency at the Sewer Mains Crossing Calera Creek in the Vallemar Neighborhood
PROPOSED ACTION: Accept report and make a determination that conditions of local emergency continue to exist at the Sewer Mains Crossing Calera Creek in the Vallemar Neighborhood.
3. Amendments to Administrative Policy No. 84 relating to Guidelines for Issuing Proclamations, Commendations and Ceremonial Documents to reflect the nomenclature change for the title of “Mayor pro Tem” to “Vice Mayor” PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution titled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica Amending Administrative Policy No. 84, ‘Guidelines for Issuing Proclamations, Commendations and Ceremonial Documents’” to reflect the nomenclature change for the title of “Mayor pro Tem” to “Vice Mayor”.
4. Notice of Completion for the Esplanade & Palmetto Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements Project
PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica accepting completion and directing the City Manager to file Notice of completion for the Esplanade & Palmetto Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements Project; and Authorize the City Manager to release the retention funds to the contractor.
5. Notice of Completion for the Sharp Park PDA Pedestrian Improvements Project PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica accepting completion and directing the City Manager to file Notice of Completion for the Sharp Park PDA Pedestrian Improvements Project; and Authorize the City Manager to release the retention funds to the contractor.
6. Contracts with the California Department of Education, California Department of Social Services and the San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools for the purpose of providing Child Care and development services for fiscal year 2025-26, Continued Funding Applications and all related contract documents.
PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution Approving Agreements with the California Department of Education, the California Department of Social Services and the San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools for the Purpose of Providing Child Care and Development Services and to Authorize the Designated Personnel to Sign Contract Documents for Fiscal Year 2025/26.
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7. 2024 Annual Military Equipment Use Report and renewal of Military Equipment Use Policy
PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica approving the Pacifica Police Department 2024 Annual Military Equipment Use Report and renewing Ordinance No. 896 and the adoption of the Military Equipment Use Policy (Policy 705).
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA
Ricardo Guerra, Pacifica, stated he is pursuing legal action to protect himself from what he feels are false accusations and to get back his service dog who was taken from him.
Jeff Moroso, Pacifica, stated he is part of Friends for Calera Creek Park and asked to include Calera Creek Park as a designated park in the City. He also shared a native plant sale on November 15 at Pacifica Gardens.
Martin Eidavik, Pacifica, stated he owns a vehicle registration service and was approached by U-Haul to add truck share service to his business. However, he was approached by Code Enforcement because he was operating under different zoning that disallowed this. He stated that the City will lose two businesses with this truck share service unless the zoning is amended.
Michelle Stevenson, Pacifica, stated she is the President of the Board of Pacifica School Volunteers (PSV), and PSV recruits, trains, and places community volunteers in Pacifica School District’s elementary schools. She stated they are here because they care about the kids and encouraged others to volunteer with PSV.
Aren Clark, Pacifica, referred to Calera Creek Park as one of the oldest city parks and shared a negative experience with the City Manager trying to remove the park. He also described poor service in the City that pushed businesses out of town. He criticized the work of the City Manager and City staff and that the previous public comment regarding U-Haul needs to be looked into.
Myriam Fontaine, Pacifica, stated she is present as a Board Member of the Pacifica Resource Center and shared details on the consequences of the shutdown of the federal government for CalFresh, etc. She asked for increased community support for all aid organizations through donations and volunteering to meet the growing demand for food assistance.
Suzanne Moore, Pacifica, shared her personal thoughts related to recent HUD funding cuts as many housing advocates are hearing reports of increased number of Section 8 evictions and shared suggestions to protect affected citizens.
Caitlin Quinn, Pacifica, shared personal concerns regarding 1987 Beach Blvd., sharing the specifics on problems created by the short-term rentals guests, and asked to protect their safety by not renewing the short-term rental’s permit.
Bryan Reinero, Pacifica, shared his support for Ms. Quinn. He asked regarding the specific criteria that would trigger a permit revocation hearing, how many revocation hearings have been held, and why the City has allowed 1987 Beach Blvd. to continue operating without a permit.
Lyla Reinero, Pacifica, shared her support for Ms. Quinn. She also stated that the permit for City Council Regular Meeting 5 October 27, 2025
1987 Beach Blvd. needed to be removed. She also shared her sadness regarding businesses that the City has been losing
Dave McCaroll, Pacifica, shared concerns on Recology of the Coast needing more bins at their drop off center for household solvents, pressure treated wood, green waste, etc. He also walks in Rockaway which is becoming a popular bike route and there is no safe way of getting from Fassler to Roberts Road or Sea Bowl Lane and requested for speed mitigation. He also stated every street in Rockaway Beach will get new pavements in 2029 but not on his street.
Anita Rees, Pacifica Resource Center, shared operating hours and Unhoused on the Coast team will respond to citizens every day and mentioned the status of encampments. She shared information about future events, including One-Day Homeless Count and holiday programs.
Sue Digre, Pacifica, reminded Councilmembers who attend meetings for housing to speak up about persons with developmental disabilities and shared information on how to help them, reminding them most of them do not have verbal or employment skills and mentioned what their only options are.
Marj Davis, Pacifica, shared her support for Ms. Quinn. She shared her concerns on this situation and felt the city must take action. She also agreed that PRC needs support from the community. She reiterated the native plant sale described by Mr. Moroso.
Clifford Lawrence, Pacifica, stated we should celebrate democracy and we need to listen and preserve the hybrid platform. He stated that we have lost two of three pharmacies and the ability to meet an important need in Pacifica and asked Council to listen to the people.
Cindy Abbott, Pacifica, shared her support for Ms. Quinn. She also asked for action to be taken to address the issues at 1987 Beach Blvd. and asked not to review that short-term rental’s permit.
Mayor Beckmeyer called for a break and then reconvened the meeting.
PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE.
CONSIDERATION
8. Appointments to the Climate Action and Resilience Committee and Beautification Advisory Committee
PROPOSED ACTION: Move to appoint:
A) nine (9) applicants to the Climate Action and Resilience Committee: four (4) individuals to 4-year full terms to expire October 2029, plus three (3) individuals to 2- year terms to expire October 2027, plus two (2) youth to 1-year terms to expire October 2026; and
B) two (2) applicants to the Beautification Advisory Committee for partial terms to expire March 2026.
City Clerk Coffey presented the staff report.
Mayor Beckmeyer opened public comments.
Dave McCaroll, Pacifica, stated the amount of youth involvement was exciting and suggested City Council Regular Meeting 6 October 27, 2025
accommodating all of the applicants as he would hate to see discouragement of those who do not get appointed.
Mayor Beckmeyer closed public comments.
Councilmember Bier moved to appoint Calvin Chan and Maile Velichko for the one-year youth seats on the Climate Action and Resilience Committee; seconded by Councilmember Espinosa.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that Maile Velichko expressed interest in Beautification Advisory Committee and she thought that was her priority interest from the interview. She was thinking Calvin Chan and Ethan Ng for CARC and Maile Velichko for the BAC.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked City Clerk Coffey to clarify if a youth member applies for a committee where there is no designated youth seat, is that application treated as a standard application.
City Clerk Coffey agreed that it is treated as a standard application. For BAC, these are for unexpired portions of partial terms that will expire in March 2026, but normally for a full seat, there would be a full four-year term. If the member cannot fulfill the four years, then they could resign and the City would fill that vacancy.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated there is a motion on the floor that has been seconded.
Councilmember Bier thought there was an opportunity to see all three of these young people appointed tonight and then, we will discuss the BAC charter early next year. She likes that idea a lot as it allows them to see all three; thus, she would like to rescind her motion.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated that she can amend or withdraw the motion and the maker of the second has to withdraw the motion as well. She stated that the maker of the motion can also amend the motion with acceptance of the second.
Councilmember Bier amended her motion to appoint Calvin Chan and Ethan Ng for the oneyear youth seats on the Climate Action and Resilience Committee; seconded by Councilmember Espinosa.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCE COMMITTEE:
Calvin Chan (youth term to expire October 2026)
Ethan Ng (youth term to expire October 2026)
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
SECONDER: Mayra Espinosa, Councilmember
AYES: Beckmeyer, Boles, Bier, Espinosa, Wright
Councilmember Wright moved to appoint Maile Velichko to the Beautification Advisory Committee; seconded by Mayor Beckmeyer.
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APPOINTMENT TO THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Maile Velichko (partial term to expire March 2026)
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Greg Wright, Councilmember
SECONDER: Sue Beckmeyer, Mayor
AYES: Beckmeyer, Boles, Bier, Espinosa, Wright
Vice Mayor Boles appreciated reading about Deborah Soliz as she has been a regular volunteer with the BAC and she has been studying horticulture which would be helpful.
Councilmember Wright stated he would like to hear from our Council representative to BAC.
Councilmember Espinosa stated that the committee needs people who want to be able to go for cleanups and not just going to the meetings but people who are able to participate when they are doing cleanups.
Mayor Beckmeyer stated she is aligning herself with Vice Mayor Bole’s suggestion and would second the motion for Deborah Soliz. In her qualifications, she stated that she volunteered over ten times with the BAC and, when she moved into her parents’ house, she immediately redesigned the garden with the horticulture and climate of Pacifica in mind and these seem like the kind of skills that we are looking for.
Vice Mayor Boles moved to appoint Deborah Soliz to the Beautification Advisory Committee; seconded by Mayor Beckmeyer.
APPOINTMENT TO THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Deborah Soliz (partial term to expire March 2026)
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Christine Boles, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: Sue Beckmeyer, Mayor
AYES: Beckmeyer, Boles, Bier, Espinosa, Wright
Vice Mayor Boles stated for the staggered terms on CARC that the people who said they were only interested in a two-year term are Margo Meiman, Celeste Langille, and Lauren Murphy.
Vice Mayor Boles moved to appoint Margo Meiman, Celeste Langille, and Lauren Murphy to the two-year terms to the Climate Action and Resiliency Committee; seconded by Councilmember Bier.
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APPOINTMENTS TO THE CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCE COMMITTEE:
Margo Meiman (2-year term to expire October 2027)
Celeste Langille (2-year term to expire October 2027)
Lauren Murphy (2-year term to expire October 2027)
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Christine Boles, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
AYES: Beckmeyer, Boles, Bier, Espinosa, Wright
Councilmember Bier stated Ellen Natesan is now on OSPAC and stated in her interview that she had served for eight years and was ready to move on. She stated that Remi Tan is on OSPAC. She stated that she would like to nominate Ellen Natesan in addition to Deirdre Martin.
Councilmember Wright added that part of his thinking is there are some people that are currently serving and he wants as many people to have an opportunity to serve as a community.
It has nothing to do with qualifications or intent of any of the people who are applying.
Councilmember Bier concluded that it is Micaela Jennings, Deirdre Martin, Ellen Natesan, and Joy Richardson for the full terms.
Councilmember Espinosa moved to appoint Deirdre Martin, Ellen Natesan, Joy Richardson, and Micaela Jennings to the 4-year terms on Climate Action and Resilience Committee; seconded by Councilmember Bier.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCE COMMITTEE:
Deirdre Martin (4-year term to expire October 2029)
Ellen Natesan (4-year term to expire October 2029)
Joy Richardson (4-year term to expire October 2029)
Micaela Jennings (4-year term to expire October 2029)
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mayra Espinosa, Councilmember
SECONDER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
AYES: Beckmeyer, Boles, Bier, Espinosa, Wright
9. Discussion of local amendments to the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code including options for Electric Vehicle readiness, load storage, water efficient landscaping, and bicycle parking requirements.
PROPOSED ACTION: Receive a presentation and provide final direction regarding preparation of the ordinance.
Community Development Director Updegrave presented the staff report. She stated that Building Official Greg McFann was also available for questions.
Councilmember Wright stated he has an electric car and a hybrid car, and the 40-amp option is the only way to get a sufficient charge in a sufficient amount of time. He stated that the more we can require, even if causing the need to use a load management system for a higher percentage, he would be in favor of it and would be in favor of 100% 40-amp services. If they need to downscale to address the service load, they can use a load management system to do City Council Regular Meeting 9 October 27, 2025
so. He asked if the load management fees count towards the load calculation in determining the size of the service required for a particular property.
Building Official McFann stated that it does.
Vice Mayor Boles asked for clarification as the presentation stated it would not let them reduce the load calculations.
Councilmember Wright stated that is what he saw also which is where his question came from.
Community Development Director Updegrave stated that it reduces the peak load demand and is still part of the calculations.
Building Official McFann agreed it is still part of the calculation, but peak demand is different. It gets complex and often you will have an electrical engineer doing the calculations to make determinations on it.
Councilmember Wright understood. He stated he typically charges between midnight and 7:00 a.m. at low-cost hours and wondered how that works with the calculations.
Building Official McFann stated it is complex when you add in all the other issues in the building and how this would play into it and the number you have. It does reduce the peak load demand which can give you some benefits from less transformer size, switch gear, and feeder capacity.
It can lower some of the costs of the building.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that you cannot undersize the main service or distribution so you still have to count all your loads.
Building Official McFann agreed, adding that the main service size would still be the same but a lot of the big costs in a new building are the size of transformers, switch gear, and feeder capacity. He stated, in general, using the system, you can save costs in the construction of the building in some aspects, but, assuming that everyone turns everything on at once, you still have to take that into account. Because of this system, you are having an electrical engineer come in and design the system.
Vice Mayor Boles thought these are not typical for homes. She stated, in terms of where the calculations fit in, it is a much larger building.
Building Official McFann agreed, adding this would be for a multi-family project.
Councilmember Espinosa asked, in the event of upgrading, how much it will cost to upgrade from 20 to 40 amp.
Building Official McFann did not think he can give a cost on that, adding that it can be significant. As you increase your electric plugs, then you are increasing the switch gear and transformers, and transformers are the big cost. If you have to upgrade a transformer for a project, you have a cost in time. PG&E does not always have transformers available and they take quite a bit of time to order a larger one and the cost of a transformer is going to be huge.
He stated that, incrementally, the cost is not big but, if you start building on top of it, eventually you will get to where you are bumping up to bigger costs and significantly bigger costs could affect the viability of a project.
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Councilmember Espinosa asked if it is a possibility to have more 40, instead of having more 20.
She thought, in the long run, it will cost money to upgrade so we might as well as start with the high level. She stated it will cost more money for people to charge longer and maybe they are going to be charging on the peak time.
Building Official McFann stated that there are a lot of tradeoffs.
Councilmember Wright asked if it is included in our current plan to wire for 40 amp always, just the gauge of the wire.
Building Official McFann agreed, adding that it has to be wired for the 40 amp even if you do not put in the 40 amp due to EV ready and solar ready. We do not have to put in the 40-amp now, but we have to be able to come back next year and put in the new plug and not have to upsize the wire.
Councilmember Wright added maybe change the breaker.
Vice Mayor Boles asked low level charger, level 2 charger, and low power level 2. She asked if about those numbers, as our Code now is 15% level 2 which are the 40-amp six hours and then 85%, low power 2 which is a good bit faster than low power.
Councilmember Wright asked, by low power, if she meant still 240-volt system but at 20-amps.
Community Development Director Updegrave answered affirmatively.
Vice Mayor Boles stated, in terms of the new Code for residential, this is our current Code and the current CBC is much less, just low power. If we wanted to do what Councilmember Wright suggested, can we even do that with the residential projects as that is adding a burden.
Community Development Director Updegrave recalled from the study session exploring the possibility of reducing the number of standard level 2 chargers and looking to make it more costeffective by moving more towards the CBC which only requires the low power. If we wanted to increase the percentage of the standard level 2, she believed we would need to have an exception under AB 130 to increase those requirements. She believes the law will allow the flexibility to decrease the requirement.
Councilmember Wright stated his concern is that we would not be able to get a sufficient charge during the cost-effective hours of the night if you worked in the city with this level of charge. If we are trying to set up for the future and contemplate people being able to drive electric vehicles to work and home, it might be a good idea to have that be part of our Code.
Community Development Director Updegrave believes the current allowance establishes some requirements for the standard level 2.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated, with regard to whether there would need to be a specific finding under AB 130, it sounds like there would be a change to the amendment that was in place in 2022 and we would need to look at whether or not that change is a substantial modification or not under the potential option that Director Updegrave mentioned. It might not be a substantial modification from what was in place in 2022, but we have to look at it. There might also be other exceptions that apply but we would need to make that determination once City Council Regular Meeting 11 October 27, 2025
we understand what the proposed change would be.
Vice Mayor Boles asked what is in our Code now for the 2022 for chargers.
Community Development Director Updegrave stated 15% has to be standard level 2 and the remainder is low power.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano added that the other option is that the change applies to nonresidential and we would not have to make a finding under AB 130.
Mayor Beckmeyer opened public comments.
Michael Wahlman, Pacifica, stated that he has an energy management system at home used by electric vehicles. He explained his understanding of the charging and installation process and questioned how different options proposed will affect the process.
Mayor Beckmeyer closed public comments.
Councilmember Wright stated he would like to see much more of the high-powered charging.
Councilmember Espinosa stated it is asking to eliminate the percentage of standard level and allow more lower power.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that we have to know what we can add to as, if we want to raise it, we will need the City Attorney to do that analysis. She does not want to lower it any more than what we have now. She understands from staff that now our ordinance calls for 15% level 2 and 85% low power level 2, which still lets you charge a car fully overnight. She is okay with that if we can raise the numbers a little bit, but she would not make it 100% because it adds a huge expense.
Councilmember Wright stated that is where you can get the load management system to kick in.
Vice Mayor Boles stated you still have to fully have a panel for that load and it is limiting people.
Councilmember Wright stated he is not totally convinced of that.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that is what we heard from the consultant. She was surprised that we had 85% low power level 2 now and asked if the ordinance says not just low power.
Community Development Director Updegrave stated it is and she was also surprised.
Councilmember Espinosa assumed this is not for single family homes or is it for new construction.
Building Official McFann stated it is for new construction and multi-family and would not apply to a single family home, as you are not required to put a car charger in a single-family home.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked if it was EV ready.
Vice Mayor Boles asked what the new Code requires for new homes.
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Community Development Director Updegrave stated she would need to look at the Code for new single family and duplex.
Vice Mayor Boles stated the State Building Codes have upped all those requirements in general.
Councilmember Wright supposed a multi-family resident had a 70-amp circuit for household and at night when charging a car there is amperage there you can utilize. He does not buy into the argument for increasing the load you are going to need.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that, by Code, you have to build to the whole load.
Councilmember Wright stated not with the load management system.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that the problem is that it is a lot of infrastructure money and this is where it is going to make it difficult to build all the housing we need to build as it is expensive to bring the power level up that much for each unit. She stated that the wonderful thing about the Code is that now it requires them for each unit, so there are some changes.
Councilmember Wright stated that they are pre-wiring, which he is thrilled about.
Vice Mayor Boles agreed pre-wiring to 40-amps and it can be changed out later.
Councilmember Wright stated he wants to advocate for as much as we can get for the day when only electric cars is coming. He does not want our community to get caught short.
Councilmember Espinosa stated that, if it costs too much, we will not get housing. She thinks we need to make it easy for the investors.
Vice Mayor Boles stated she would have agreed with Councilmember Wright until she heard from PCE that they are recommending the level 1 in every housing.
Councilmember Wright stated that he cannot even charge his hybrid on level 1.
Vice Mayor Boles agreed and stated that she does not like level 1.
Councilmember Wright does not want tenants to upgrade just to be able to get to work.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that they can charge overnight on a low power level 2, even though it is a little longer than six hours.
Community Development Director Updegrave stated that the Zoning Ordinance requires one EV parking space for every 1-9 parking spaces provided and it will go up. The Building Code requires single family and duplex to be EV ready for the spaces.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked for clarification that she heard that these Codes will not be amended for two cycles.
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different at this meeting. Staff does not recommend changing it at this point because you cannot change it back in the next two cycles, but we have to see if raising that threshold for the standard level 2 spaces would meet one of those exceptions or not be a substantial modification.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano clarified that the building standards are updated every three years so AB 130 will be around for two more cycles but the building standards are updated every three years so we will be back again in three years.
Vice Mayor Boles knows staff is hoping to get final directions from Council, but it sounds like there might be something possible, whether making them all level 2 or a greater percentage.
She asked if that is something, when staff bring it back as a draft, we can have an option and pick from that or does that delay it and need to have one more meeting.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated that would be fine and staff can do that.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that we can hold off on that decision until we hear from the City Attorney about what is possible.
Councilmember Wright would appreciate that as, the more we can do to be ready with what is coming, he is in favor of that, and he is also okay with disagreeing.
Community Development Director Updegrave asked for clarification on the direction, which would be if we can increase the requirement for the standard level 2 above the current 15%.
Councilmember Wright stated that is 15% for only one of every 9 parking spots.
Community Development Director Updegrave stated that applies to the number of required EV spaces. If the project requires ten EV spaces, 15% of those would be the standard level 2.
Councilmember Wright stated it would be 1.5 high-powered chargers for 100 parking spots.
Vice Mayor Boles asked would every EV space need to have a 40-amp wire to it.
Building Official McFann agreed, adding that they have to have the capacity to go up to level 2.
Vice Mayor Boles assumed, even if we did not require it at all, it is something that an individual person could upgrade.
Councilmember Wright stated to keep in mind that is one out of every 9 parking spots and we are heading for 100% electric and we are short-changing ourselves.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that we will see what is possible.
Councilmember Bier added that there needs to be equity in our multi-family residences.
Mayor Beckmeyer agreed, adding that in those constructions to come, i.e. affordable housing, we want to make sure we have equitable availability. She wants to know, in structuring this from a Planning Code and Building Code, assuming AB 130 allows us to, if there is any opportunity to structure it as an incentive. She reiterated if there is a way to build incentives into our Codes or into the ways in which we do our approvals that would lead builders and City Council Regular Meeting 14 October 27, 2025
developers to do what we want without absolutely mandating it in the Code.
Councilmember Wright stated some energy bargaining.
Community Development Director Updegrave stated that it is possible to construct a Code to use an incentive, but we would need to do additional research and evaluate it under AB 130.
Councilmember Wright stated, if we did them 100% with the control to limit the amperage at night, that would give equal service to everyone parking in an electric stall at the time when people have the lowest draw.
Vice Mayor Boles was worried about the upfront cost.
Councilmember Wright agreed that it was a valid concern.
Vice Mayor Boles wished she knew what that cost was for 100 units in a building and it is hard to build anything now.
Councilmember Wright understood but the cost of not doing it might price out many people of the electric car market.
Vice Mayor Boles stated she would like to say that we want the level 2s in our affordable units and if we can do that too it would be great.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked if this kind of technology over time becomes more powerful and less costly or is it a straight line cost. For purposes of what the builders and developers need to plan for and purchase to do these builds, is this the type of thing that gets cheaper over time.
Vice Mayor Boles stated it does, as electric cars have come down in price a lot.
Mayor Beckmeyer thought that perhaps that can be an offset. If we build it today, this is so costly to build and then we are adding on.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that the electrical costs will be increasing but the car efficiencies will increase so they will hopefully take less time and hold a longer charge. She thought we need to hear from the City Attorney and she is happy to consider some stricter numbers if we can.
Community Development Director Updegrave asked if there was a percentage for the standard level 2 that we want to consider, as now it is 15.
Councilmember Wright stated another option might be to have each dedicated per unit parking spot pre-wired and let the tenants install their own charging system.
Vice Mayor Boles thought adding requirements for every unit for residential would be something we probably cannot add under AB 130. For every EV spot that we can require, it has a 40-amp.
Councilmember Wright stated it is just 1 out of 9 and he would be in favor of the fast chargers.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated, in reference to Community Development Director Updegrave’s question, one of the exceptions is it is not a substantial modification from what was in place. A few percentage points may not be a substantial modification, but if talking about City Council Regular Meeting 15 October 27, 2025
increasing a significant amount that becomes problematic. She stated that there are other exceptions that we will look at but that is one that she has in mind.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked to let them know the maximum recommendation of percentage change.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano concluded that there was no direction on that from Council. She stated that we can reach out and see if the State Building Standards Commission’s staff will give some guidance.
Vice Mayor Boles agreed, as we have to submit to them and they have to approve these Reach Codes.
Councilmember Wright stated, over the percentage of all parking spaces, it is a small number.
Vice Mayor Boles asked what we all think about the e-bikes. She thinks what we heard is that we should not do very much because of the dangers of the batteries and fire separations, etc.
Councilmember Wright asked would you rather have it in a fire separated garage or an apartment that can have a fire.
Vice Mayor Boles asked if any other cities in the county considered e-bikes.
Community Development Director Updegrave thought there was not a lot of information about what standards could apply that would hit all of those goals. She knows, from conversations with other developers that she worked on in another city, they were specifically designing bike storage rooms with fire safety and adding things to their leases about e-bike charging, storage of e-bikes in units, etc. She thinks some movement within the private sector looking at these things and possibly some other cities looking at how to address that.
Councilmember Wright asked if they are not a big load.
Building Official McFann stated it is not a big load.
Community Development Director Updegrave thinks the batteries are the issue with the overcharging, leaving plugged in, not having certified batteries, etc.
Councilmember Wright thought we could regulate it with a timer switch in the Code.
Vice Mayor Boles thinks this is getting too complicated for little changes to Reach Codes.
Councilmember Wright asked if we should say, at the very least, pre-wire.
Vice Mayor Boles asked what we require for bicycle storage in the multi-unit building, such as a separate room or outdoors.
Community Development Director Updegrave believes they have a menu of options that they can meet and it depends on the number of units, type of development, etc. in terms of what the storage would look like.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano reminded Council that we are recommending it for non-residential City Council Regular Meeting 16 October 27, 2025
projects. It would be businesses, business parks, etc.
Councilmember Wright stated it could be a feature.
Community Development Director Updegrave stated that the standards for where bike parking is located is in the Zoning Ordinance: a rack that secures the frame and wheels, an enclosed bike locker, or a fence covered locked or guarded bicycle storage area. She stated that is the extent of regulations we have for residential and multi-family.
Vice Mayor Boles asked if we can just require some electrical outlets in bike storage areas and leave it up to the landlord to decide if they are safe and what the regulations are.
Councilmember Bier thinks so, as we need to have things ready. She thinks, at staff housing at Jefferson Union High School District, they have storage lockers with charging. She stated that we are not talking about residential. She stated that they need to ride their bikes wherever and charge them and whatever they can do.
Mayor Beckmeyer added on the coast, especially multi-modal.
Vice Mayor Boles stated if we can require outlets in commercial, not in residential, in bike charging areas.
Building Official McFann thought, regarding requiring outlets for locations where bikes are stored as an amendment, under AB 130 for residential, no, but for commercial, yes.
Community Development Director Updegrave stated another thing to consider is that they are not required to provide weather-protected bicycle parking.
Vice Mayor Boles added that you can have a GFI outlet, an outlet on the exterior somewhere.
Community Development Director Updegrave agreed.
Councilmember Wright stated the answer to the e-bike charging question would be yes.
Community Development Director Updegrave stated that is for all bicycle parking, including noncovered, non-weather-protected, etc.
Councilmember Wright thinks it should have to be covered.
Vice Mayor Boles stated she is okay with that.
Councilmember Bier thought that the staff recommendation was not to change it.
Community Development Director Updegrave stated it was because we do not have requirements for bicycle parking facilities yet and it may be something considered more comprehensively. The zoning standards for bicycle parking are minimal and they have to be located adjacent to on-site bike circulation and pedestrian routes. These are not required to be covered or weather-protected, which can make requirements for electrical service challenging or tricky, particularly with racks.
Councilmember Wright thinks there is another possibility. If there is outdoor space in residential City Council Regular Meeting 17 October 27, 2025
units, in the future we can require a plug on the outside deck where people can carry their bike up to their apartment, lock it to the railing on their deck, and charge their electric bike.
Vice Mayor Boles asked, if commercial is providing indoor bike storage, they provide a certain number of outlets.
Councilmember Wright stated he is good with that.
Community Development Director Updegrave asked, for clarification, what would be the number or would it follow the Building Code have a requirement for electrical outlets based on linear feet.
Building Official McFann stated yes in residential, but in commercial space, it is open.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that it could be the percentage of the number of bikes that are required.
Councilmember Wright stated he is good with that. He stated, the more we support it, the more the community supports it, and the more people will do it and be multi-modal.
Community Development Director Updegrave asked what the percentage is.
Vice Mayor Boles stated 50%.
Community Development Director Updegrave added that with 50%, if you have ten bikes, that might be 10 or 12 feet, like five outlets would be a lot within that.
Councilmember Wright asked what staff would think would be more reasonable.
Building Official McFann thinks more like 10-15% would be more reasonable as the infrastructure of putting the plugs in and the proper spacing and keeping them apart. He stated that we can make it work for whatever they want to do, but that is going to be a cost.
Councilmember Wright stated that kids all ride electric bikes and he will go for whatever the max is that we think we can get.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that outlets are not that expensive if you are building a whole building.
Councilmember Espinosa thought we do whatever is recommended by the expert.
Vice Mayor Boles and Councilmember Bier suggested 25%.
Community Development Director Updegrave agreed to 25%.
Vice Chair Boles mentioned where she is confused as she usually thinks of Reach Codes being more restrictive and ours is less restrictive.
Community Development Director Updegrave does not think it is less restrictive, just that the model State ordinance offers different appendices that still establish standardized requirements and we are able to adopt those which is within the State law and ordinance. She thinks it is not necessarily that it is a reduced requirement but offers a different compliance pathway for smaller City Council Regular Meeting 18 October 27, 2025
projects that still meet the State law.
Vice Mayor Boles stated she is okay with that as it is.
Councilmember Wright asked if it is required, if purple pipe is available, that they use purple pipe for irrigation.
Community Development Director Updegrave would have to research that.
Vice Mayor Boles does not think it is.
Mayor and Beckmeyer and Councilmember Wright would support the purple pipe for irrigation.
Mayor Beckmeyer called for a five-minute break and then reconvened the meeting.
RESULT: NO VOTE REQUIRED
10. Amendments to Mayor and Vice Mayor Selection Process PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution titled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica Rescinding Administrative Policy No. 17 ‘Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem’ and Amending the City Council Rules and Code of Ethics to Add Guidelines for Selection of Mayor and Vice Mayor”.
City Clerk Coffey presented the staff report.
Mayor Beckmeyer opened public comments.
Michael Wahlman, Pacifica, shared his thoughts on the general guidelines to avoid conflicts and his suggestion for two additional at-large Council members.
Clifford Lawrence, Pacifica, shared his concern regarding the new Mayor having 11 months of service as Vice Mayor and asked Council to consider adjusting the process.
Mayor Beckmeyer closed public comments.
Vice Mayor Boles referred to the eligibility criteria for Mayor would be having served at least 11 months as Vice Mayor in the preceding year.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano thinks it is in Section 9, subsection 2, eligibility criteria for Mayor and Vice Mayor.
City Clerk Coffey stated that the amendment would read “a member of the City Council would be eligible to be considered for Mayor if they have served as Vice Mayor in the preceding year”.
Mayor Beckmeyer, Councilmember Bier, and Councilmember Wright confirmed striking “for at least 11 months”.
Councilmember Bier referred to community confusion of why we did not include district rotations and other items from public comment. She thinks it is important for the community to understand how hard the ad-hoc subcommittee worked to try to include district rotations, trying City Council Regular Meeting 19 October 27, 2025
every variable we possibly could, and we could not get there.
Councilmember Espinosa stated it does not work.
Vice Mayor Boles thinks it does not work as a strict rotation. She wondered if we could include that it is Council’s intention to rotate the mayoral position, to give everybody a turn, and have representation by the different districts. She agrees it is unfortunate.
Councilmember Bier stated that unfortunately, the term is four years and there are five of them.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that there are cycles with elections and it is not always going to work out, but it might be nice to have an intention.
Councilmember Espinosa thought it would be a good idea, after two terms, to take a break and come back.
Vice Mayor Boles and Councilmember Bier stated that was a different conversation.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked about stating an intention in Council Rules that is not a hard and fast rule, with something to do with striving for opportunity to be shared.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano agreed that is something Council can do with the understanding that it is not a binding document and there is no enforcement of it, just Council expressing their desire in the Council Rules and Code of Ethics. If that is the desire of Council, we can insert it as part of Section 9. She stated it can say something like, “While Council desires to establish rules and procedures for the selection of Mayor and Vice Mayor that can be followed succinctly, the Council also desires to express interest in having a selection of Mayor and Vice Mayor that potentially rotates throughout the various districts or rotates frequently” or something to that effect.
Vice Mayor Boles agreed that Council has a desire for equity and fairness among colleagues and among districts.
Mayor Beckmeyer likes the emphasis on that. She thinks her concern is urging them to remember that Council represents the whole city and she does not want to get caught up in districts. She stated that is her statement and she thinks it is important to have that kind of viewpoint when they sit on Council. She remembers hearing that there was an interest expressed by members of the public and it meant something to the public.
Councilmember Bier thinks it still does and she likes that statement on equity.
Councilmember Wright understands why it is that we are talking about this and he is a little afraid that it is too prescriptive. He thinks we are avoiding because of our displeasure with the unpleasant process we went through and we do not want to do that again. He thinks the pendulum has swung too far. He thinks we are put up there because people trust us to make the hard decisions and he thinks it is okay to make the hard decisions.
Councilmember Bier asked which part he thinks went too far as she feels like we pared it down a lot from what they originally presented.
Councilmember Wright stated he would have done something much simpler from the start. He City Council Regular Meeting 20 October 27, 2025
thinks where we went off the rails was there was not enough opportunity for discussion, for another person to be nominated, and that is where he thinks we made the mistake and where our hurt feelings came from. He does not think that forcing future Councils into some kind of predetermined model and making it extremely hard to alter is in the best interest of Pacifica.
He understands why we feel the way we do and he supports everyone in their feelings but he does not think he can vote with everyone.
Councilmember Espinosa stated that it is flexibility because, if you are not ready to go, you have the opportunity to tell the City Clerk that you want or do not want to be considered.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that multiple people can be considered under these new rules.
Councilmember Wright sees it as a little bit more prescriptive, but it is okay to disagree.
Vice Mayor Boles thought the opposite. She is concerned the other way and is trying to look at the difference between declining and deferring and how that plays out. Someone who becomes Mayor would be eligible to be Vice Mayor again the next year. That means, if the City Clerk is identifying everyone who is eligible, she would be in that pool of eligible. She would not want to do it and would let someone else do it, and asks if she defers or decline. She is only allowed two deferrals and she might want to defer for three years.
Councilmember Espinosa stated that there are a lot of changes on the final document that she feels that we stated clearly. She stated, if you have already served as a mayor, you would not be considered and any new candidates coming in would be next in the rotation.
Councilmember Bier stated that we do not have a rotation.
Mayor Beckmeyer stated we have eligibility.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that, under these rules, she would still be eligible if she were re-elected as well as Councilmembers for Districts 1 and 4 (Districts 3 and 5 would not be as they would be newly elected and have not served 11 months in the first year).
Mayor Beckmeyer stated that we have had this experience on this Council and she thinks former Councilmember Tygarjas Bigstyck nominated Councilmember Bier for Vice Mayor. She stated that Councilmember Bier had already served and deferred.
Councilmember Bier stated that there was strategy behind the deferment because Mayor Beckmeyer was serving on the regional Coastal Cities Group and we were doing the LCLUP.
There was not clarity for any of them about what that meant for her decision to defer. She stated she is over it now but she felt it really caused a lot of problems for them because nobody knew what she was thinking and she thought everybody knew. She thinks this makes it clearer, at least with the deferment and decline. Declining means no interest, whereas deferment means deferring for a year because of any reason.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that she would have to either decline or defer if her name was in the hat.
Councilmember Espinosa stated there will eventually be a time where people who already served the two years might be eligible but one of the two only will be chosen.
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Councilmember Wright agreed, adding that it is unfair that the election cycles have 2 districts in one and 3 districts in another. He stated that his district will have a disproportionate opportunity to serve and that is not fair either. He stated that is the problem with trying as it is never going to be perfect and he thinks we have to be willing to make the decision.
Councilmember Espinosa agrees but, at the end of the day, it is important to be honest and understand other people and make sure that everybody gets an opportunity. She stated that the discussion should be done earlier because it looks like everyone knew what they were going to do that night. She asked that we move forward and be kind to each other.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that she would not want to defer in the previous scenario as she can only defer twice and then she would not be eligible again or, if she declined, she would not be eligible again for a few years. She stated that we may need to put it back down that, once you have served, you have to take a gap. She stated that the thing that worries her about the strict language is, if you say you will not do it, you cannot do it for two years, if something happens or people do not want to serve, and you need that person to step up, that could happen.
Mayor Beckmeyer referred to cases where we have to have a supermajority or people are conflicted out, you are supposed to not participate but, if there are too many people conflicted out and you do not have enough people to make the decision to have a quorum, you have to do it. She stated that feeling to her is that we cannot anticipate every nuance or possibility. She stated that you never know what the circumstances of a situation can be. She understands the Mayor is not the only person who does any decision making but they are the person who presides over the meeting, the person who works with the Vice Mayor and the City Manager on agenda setting, and there are reasons why we may want a certain level of expertise. Eligibility does not address those kinds of things. Those are very subjective things that get factored into the decision. She hears what Councilmember Wright is saying as we want to get the subjectivity out and pretend that everybody the same, but everybody is not the same. She stated that we all bring different talents, expertise, backgrounds, etc. and everyone should have the same opportunity.
Vice Mayor Boles agreed that we all have their own particular interests and capabilities but all Councilmembers can meet with the legislators.
Mayor Beckmeyer meant what one brings based on their expertise, their background, or what they have developed on Council, not from that point forward but in terms of what adds to your eligibility. She stated that there may be a time when Council wants a Mayor focusing on affordable housing or youth empowerment. She stated that there are other nuanced parts that factor into these decisions that we cannot possibly write down on paper.
Councilmember Wright thinks we all have the same intent, as we all want it to go well and be best. We want that kind of relationship with each other and we do not want it to be divisive for the future or our community.
Vice Mayor Boles thinks some of the problems that happened the last time are fixed here because anybody can put their name and everybody has to be considered and they all have to be able to have a discussion before a vote.
Mayor Beckmeyer and Councilmember Wright agreed.
Councilmember Espinosa asked if we are going to select someone is not ready.
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Mayor Beckmeyer stated that her recommendation would be against doing that.
Councilmember Espinosa asked if we are going to select the way we have it here or we they going to take more time to work on it.
Councilmember Bier thought some of the changes we made are important and that they spell things out and add clarity. She heard that Councilmember Wright did not like the supermajority required to diverge from the policy.
Councilmember Wright stated that he did like trying to make things more of a suggestion as opposed to a mandate.
Councilmember Espinosa asked what happens if Council decided that the next person who is supposed to be a Vice Mayor and they decide not to follow the rules and they do not have a super majority. Council would then follow the rules.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano agreed, adding that, if a Vice Mayor wants to follow something different, it could be called to order based on these Council rules and protocols. It is not enforceable in terms of such issuing a citation but that they could not do that because that conflicts with Council’s rules.
Mayor Beckmeyer was ready to make a motion.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano proposed the following language to go right after the heading for Section 9, before No. 1, as a preamble: “The Council desires to encourage the rotation of Mayor and Vice Mayor positions to create a diverse and inclusive process for all the elected officials who represent the whole city.”
Mayor Beckmeyer so moved with those amendments and insertion of that statement at the beginning of Section 9 and the amendment to paragraph 2 under section 9; seconded by Councilmember Bier.
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [4 TO 1]
MOVER: Sue Beckmeyer, Mayor
SECONDER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
AYES: Beckmeyer, Boles, Bier, Espinosa
NAYS: Wright
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS
Councilmember Bier read a note she wanted to share with an update and message of reassurance regarding the recent concerns about immigration enforcement activities in the Bay Area and across California. She knows many residents of immigrants and mixed status families are feeling anxiety about reports of ICE presence in our region. As a Councilmember, she stands firmly with our immigrant community and local statewide partners are working diligently to ensure safety and dignity and access to resources for all. She attended a statewide call, alongside Councilmember Espinosa and Vice Mayor Boles, in a conversation about how we can best respond to this movement. We heard powerful testimonies from elected officials in Portland and Chicago who have taken bold action to defend their communities and push back City Council Regular Meeting 23 October 27, 2025
against fear-based tactics. Their examples remind all of us that local leadership matters and that compassion, preparedness, and solidarity are stronger than intimidation. She stated that there are a lot of resources out there. She feels that people are afraid and, where she works, a lot of families are afraid to come out.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that was an inspiring call. She stated that one of the speakers was David Chiu, the City Attorney for San Francisco, and they filed a number of lawsuits. She is proud that we as a City have joined in some of them and she is proud of us for standing up with our Sanctuary City and laws, and other fundings for infrastructure. She went to the Housing Leadership Council Leadership Day and there are a lot of things in federal administration that are up in the air with the budget not being finalized and proposed cuts to healthcare, food security, Section 8 funding, etc. The cuts to that funding impacts the ability to build affordable housing as that is part of the financial stacks of having a certain number of units that are fully paid for partly because of Section 8 funding. She hopes we continue looking for ways if we need to participate in that to protect our community. She also shared that Peninsula Clean Energy is at the point where next year is their 10-year anniversary and they have a whole new strategic plan and all the money they invested in our community and government buildings, etc., to help us save money and reduce our greenhouse gas emission, and she joined the Program Committee and they are applying for a $40 million grant from the State to do more deep retrofits to buildings, commercial, residential and affordable housing. She also shared that Peninsula Clean Energy changed its name to West Light Power, with the tagline “the power of we”.
Councilmember Bier added the Daly City Health Center will have a new name coming out soon.
Councilmember Espinosa was at the meeting and understood some people are doing patrolling the schools during dropoff to notify families about ICE’s presence. She thinks a lot of people are suffering with this situation and they cannot go to work and cannot do much now. She stated that we have to figure out how to protect our community together.
Mayor Beckmeyer shared something that has been circulated in the school districts is for families to make sure that their emergency card is updated with the people who can pick up and drop off their child. Should there be a need for someone else to bring their child or retrieve the child, the documents are in place. There are also County resources that Council can send to City Clerk to get it into Connect with Pacifica.
Vice Mayor Boles stated that some of the communities who spoke last night were also raising money for some of these people who are afraid to go to work or the grocery store and recommending giving money to the PRC to support.
Councilmember Wright stated he went to the LAFCO conference in San Diego which was a lot of fun. He got the opportunity to ask a lot of questions with a lot of people going through things that he anticipates we may go through. He looks forward to going again next year.
Mayor Beckmeyer referred to upcoming events on the weekend, including Arbor Day, the Ohlone Portola Celebration, and Congressman Liccardo’s meeting on Coastside Resilience Infrastructure Strategic Plan (CRISP) at Sharp Park Library. She also shared that our former City Clerk Florence “Flo” Derby passed away. She served the city from June 2006 to May 2010 and she acknowledged her passing and thanked her family for the support she gave prior to this Council’s time because we are a multi-phased family and someone in the City’s family passed away.
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STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
There were no staff communications.
ADJOURN
Mayor Beckmeyer adjourned the meeting at 10:07 p.m. in memory of former City Clerk Flo Derby.
Transcribed by Barbara Medina, Public Meeting Stenographer.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sarah Coffey, City Clerk
APPROVED: 5 - 0; 12/08/2025
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Sue Beckmeyer, Mayor